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ReviewBiomolecules2023

Glaucoma and Myopia: Diagnostic Challenges.

Michelle T Sun, Matthew Tran, Kuldev Singh, Robert Chang, Huaizhou Wang, Yang Sun

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Review in Biomolecules, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Michelle T SunDepartment of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 94305, USA.
Matthew TranDepartment of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 94305, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2104-0218
Kuldev SinghDepartment of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 94305, USA.
Robert ChangDepartment of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 94305, USA.
Huaizhou WangBeijing Tongren Eye Center, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100730, China.
Yang SunDepartment of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 94305, USA.

Funding

Stanford Vision Research CoreP30EY026877 · NEI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Jeffrey L Goldberg · 2017 to 2026
$8.0M
The role of primary cilia in glaucoma pathogenesisR01EY025295 · NEI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Yang Sun · 2016 to 2026
$3.5M
Phosphoinositide signaling in glaucoma: rescue strategies for Lowe syndromeR01EY032159 · NEI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI SUN, YANG · 2021 to 2024
$1.6M
NIH HHS EY026877NIH HHS R01-EY025295NIH HHS R01 EY032159
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The rising global prevalence of myopia is a growing concern for clinicians, as it predisposes patients to severe ocular pathologies including glaucoma. High myopia can be associated with clinical features that resemble glaucomatous damage, which make an accurate glaucoma diagnosis challenging, particularly among patients with normal intraocular pressures. These patients may also present with established visual field defects which can mimic glaucoma, and standard imaging technology is less useful in disease detection and monitoring due to the lack of normative data for these anatomically unique eyes. Progression over time remains the most critical factor in facilitating the detection of early glaucomatous changes, and thus careful longitudinal follow-up of high-risk myopic patients is the most important aspect of management. Here, we review our current understanding of the complex relationship between myopia and glaucoma, and the diagnostic challenges and limitations of current testing protocols including visual field, intraocular pressure, and imaging. Furthermore, we discuss the clinical findings of two highly myopic patients with suspected glaucoma.

Indexed as

GlaucomaGlaucoma, Open-AngleMyopiaHumansIntraocular PressureVisual Field Testsglaucomahigh myopiaintraocular pressureIOPmyopiaPOAGprimary open angle glaucomareview

Identifiers

PMID36979497
PMCPMC10046607

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